Automobile tire



Livm-i114, 1925.4

S. A. NANTES AUToMoBLE TIRE Filgq June 25 1924l Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES SO'FRONIO A. NANTES,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

' AUTOMOBILE TIRE.

Application filed June 25, 1924. Serial No. 722,311.

To all 707mm 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, SornoNIo A. NANTES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ot Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use- Yliul Improvements in an Automobile Tire, ot' which the Jfollowing` is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to an improved automobile tire, but it has more specic reference to a spring` cushion device which is adapted to be used in conjunction with conventional tires.

lt is my principal aim to zgenerally improve upon device of this class by providingr one ot comparative simplicity which is such in construction as to render it exceedingly practical and to add to the elasticity and life ot the tire.

More specilically speaking, I propose to interpose a spring,` pressed follower between the tube and the rim Jfor assisting in absorbing the shocks to which the inner tube is subjected.

Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent :trom the following description and drawings. y

In the accompanying drawing forming;` a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

The ligure represents a perspective of a section ot an. automobile tire constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that the tire is designated generally by the relierenee character T, the

rim by the reference character.' ll, and thel inner tube is re'lerred by the letter' I. These parts are c mventional- The invention itsell" comprises, as before stated, a springv support or follower for the inner tube. `ll'hile this support may be ot some other construction, .it preferably comprises a cireumlerentially extending, split flexible member 1 composed of material which is sull'iciently rigid to hold the shape shown. The inner or intermediate portion of the member l is arched and thus imparts a similar shape to the inflated tube. The side walls 2 are shaped to conform to the corresponding` portion of the walls of the casing, these side walls beinginterposed between the easing; and tube in the manner shown. Disposed at circumferentially spaced points are a plurality of coiled springs 3, which serve as yieldable supports forthe so called follower member. These springs are connected at their opposite ends to washers 4l and 5 interposed between the follower and the rim respectively. The washers may be secured in place in any suitable fashion.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that the invention will automatically adjust itself to the movements of the casing and tube and will aid in absorbing` the shocks tor which these would otherwise be subjected. Not only this, but the follower is of suoli construction that it constitutes a protector for the tube in that it spaces the same away from the corrosive metal rim and also prevents puncturing of the side walls ot the tube.

Having thus described ythe invention, what I claim is:-

In an automobile tire, a casing, an inner tube therein, a rim to which the casing` is connected, a follower interposed between the tube and the rim, and including a transversely bowed central portion and arcuate side walls, the transversely bowed central portion engagging;` the tubeand the arcuate side walls engaging; the casing; between the inner surface ot' the easing and the .inner tube, and a plurality oil springs mounted between the transversely bowed central portion of the follower and the rim.v

ln testimony 'whereof I allix my signatlu'e.

SOFRONIO A. NANTES. 

